According to estimates from the CDC's Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, about 1 in 36 children have been identified with Autism spectrum disorder.

"An adversarial collaboration on vaccines could serve as a model," write Drs. Christopher M. Worsham and Anupam B. Jena.

In conversation with Avneet Kaur, paediatrician, Dr MS Bhutani, who is also the president of the Indian Medical Association ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a growing global concern, affecting approximately 2.8% of children in the United States and ...

TUESDAY, March 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Exclusive or longer duration of breastfeeding (at least six months) is associated with reduced odds of developmental delays, according to a study published ...

Discover the impact of breastfeeding on child development. Exclusive breastfeeding significantly lowers developmental delays.

Parents may be able to reduce their child's risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) by following the ...

A jury convicted the leader of a Minnesota nonprofit organization Wednesday for her role in a $250 million pandemic fraud scheme that "exploited" a federal child nutrition program, prosecutors said.

The rise in autism has been precipitous: One in 36 children is affected today, up from four in 10,000 in the 1980s, the president warned in a recent executive order. Under Mr. Kennedy’s ...

But in 1998, a paper describing 12 children who received the MMR and later developed autism or other disorders planted seeds of doubt about the vaccine’s safety. The paper was later retracted, and ...

On the face of it, official figures which show a three-fold rise in autism among schoolchildren are alarming. The Department of Education has moved from using an autism prevalence rate of 1.5 per ...